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Donalsonville, Georgia - 2 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Seminole County #28 of 216 districts in Georgia (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,712 per pupil, Seminole County ranks #39 of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending (Georgia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,340
Total Enrollment
2
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$15,712
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Seminole County operates 2 public schools serving 1,340 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Georgia. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Seminole County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,712 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 219 Georgia districts by per-pupil spending. See how Georgia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 32.2% local, 43.3% state, and 24.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #28 of 216 in Georgia against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 492.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.5% White, 41.9% African American, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Seminole County Middle/High School accounts for 51.8% of all Seminole County student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Seminole County a distant remainder — means Seminole County-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Seminole County has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Seminole County student-counselor ratio is 493:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Seminole County chronic absenteeism rate is 24.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Seminole County is typically wider than the Seminole County-aggregate figure suggests.
Seminole County has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 1,340 students.
How much does Seminole County spend per student?
Seminole County spends $15,712 per student. The district has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #28 in Georgia.
What is the demographic composition of Seminole County?
Seminole County students are 48.5% White, 41.9% African American, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Seminole County?
Seminole County has an equity score of 74/100, ranking #28 out of 216 districts in Georgia.